Look Around BellyQ and Finally See the Menu

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• Welcome to BellyQ
• Pull a chair up to the full bar for drinks from Peter Vestinos
• The room has a very uniform look and feel
• You'll get to share with your neighbors at the communal table
• Check out that cool mural
• Get ready to grill your own meats
• Another view of the infrared grills at your own table
• Lots of urban elements add to the vibe
• Notice all the light coming in from the new windows
• It doesn't even look like one sixtyblue ever existed

[Photo: Barr Brecheisen]

So you already know that BellyQ opened this week and that Bill Kim didn't want to release the menu before opening, which made you want it even more (or maybe more annoyed?). But now that the West Loop restaurant, with its infrared tabletop grills, karaoke room, front lounge with a communal table and cool urban vibe, is open, it's time you looked around at the full gallery and, while you're at it, take a gander at the menu below as well.

The menu is broken up into various categories like belly bites (Thai-style fried chicken, savory Asian pancakes), wood burning oven (goat milk feta cheese and rice noodle pancake; double-smoked bacon and kimchi pancake), tofu hot pots (seafood; vegetables) and tea smoked (duck breast; pork steak, lamb rib). For the full experience, check it out here:

· BellyQ Officially Opening Wednesday; BQ2GO on Thursday [~EChi~]
· BellyQ [website]